New Liquid Crystalline Materials: Experimental and Computational Approaches
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 5844
Special Issue Editor
Interests: liquid crystals; supramolecular chemistry; azopyridine; azomethine; optical parameters; physical and thermal parameters; computational calculations; quantum chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
One of the most interesting features of liquid crystalline materials is their molecular structure and optical characteristics. Due to their potential for applications in technologies related to material science, they have recently been the subject of significant research. Since the discovery of liquid crystal phases, their types and properties have become increasingly significant in a variety of commercial and academic fields. Because they combine a number of useful properties, such optical transparency, high birefringence, and high sensitivity to electric, light, and thermal fields, liquid crystalline materials are actively being developed for applications in optics and photonics.
Liquid crystalline materials' optical qualities are primarily influenced by their molecular geometry, and even small alterations in their molecule structure can significantly impact both their mechanical and optical properties. An significant area of interest for geometrical techniques is the modification of particular materials to develop innovative buildings. Several synthetic compounds have been created in recent years to create a wide range of molecular geometries. Among these characteristics are polymeric structures, symmetric dimers, non-symmetric dimmers, and molecules with rod-like and angular shapes, each of which has its own unique mesophase.
Research dealing with the problems relating to optical properties, physical and thermal characterizations, structure, dynamics, interactions, reaction mechanisms, and reaction rates, and that involving new synthesized materials, nanostructures, soft matter, self-assembly, and composites, is invited for submission.
This Special Issue, “New Liquid Crystalline Materials: Experimental and Computational Approaches”, aims to provide an open multidisciplinary platform for new research on chemistry, material science, and possible applications of soft materials as well as their geometrical approaches.
Dr. Hoda A. Ahmed
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liquid crystals
- optical parameters
- physical characterizations
- thermal parameters
- supramolecular chemistry
- computational calculations
- molecular geometry
- metallomesogens
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